Bedstead-fastening.



L. B. SNYDER.

BEDSTEAD FASTENING. v

APPLIOATION FILED APB.28, 190a.

899,345. v Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

- This invention relates UN TED-STATES PnrE T OFFICE.-

' LON B. SNYDER, or cnA'rr Nooca, TENNESSEE.

BEDSTE AD-FASTENING.

Specification of Iiie'tters Patent.

Patented Se t. 22, 1908.

:Application filed April 28, 1908. Serial No. 429,742.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LoN B; SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattaa, in the county of Hamilton and State noo of'fl ennessee, have invented new and useful.

Improvements Bedstead-Fastenings, of

which the following is a specification.

to bed stead fasteningythe ob ect in .view being to provide a simplea'nd' effective fastening device for secur ng the, side rails. to the bed post in such manner as to provide a perfect fitting joint and adept the rails 'to .be interchangeably used an to be turned end for end so that .e ithr side of the rail may be-disposed upwar With the above and'other objeetsin -view, the invention consists in the novel construetion, combination and arran ement'of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawin fastening of this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the fastening member carried by the bed post. Fig. 3 is a horiposts or t 35 ing members.

n the drawings 1 designates a bed post which, in carrying out the present invention is provided .with a boss or enlargement 2 having a jointing face 3,-while 4 designates one of the rails ermanently connecting the head e, foot postsas the case may be. the side rails is shown at 5 the same zontal section through the combined fasten- One of be' Wor 5 provided with a flan e 6 extendin along one of the longitudma edges thereof? Connected permanently to each end of the side rail is a head 7 providedwith a jointing face 8 adapted to fit tightly against the jointing face 3 of the boss 2 asshown in Fig.3 in which it will be noted that the said jointing faces are reversely inclined from the center outward, this not being essential however as said jointing faces may be described on a straight line.

s.:Figure lis a vertical sectional view of t 1e bed steadwith' a jointing of an 1e iron construction, or in other.

- in presence of The head 7 is provided with a-slot 9 which extends from the jointingfaee 8 inwarddmd from the top to the bottom of the head 7. iVithin the slot 9, the head is provided with oppositely arranged inwardly extending projections 10 which are adapted to lit into positely arranged'crooked grooves 11' in a tongue 12 projecting outward from thejointing face 3 of the boss 2, which tongue tits removably intothe slot 9 of the head 7. The relation between the projections 10 and the, grooves 11 is such that as the parts of the fastening-device are brought together, thejointing faces thereof are crowded into lirm binding contact with; each other, therehv providmg a perfect.joipthetween the fasted ing members and imparting rigidity to the bed stead as a whole."

I claim:

l. A bed stead fastening comprising in combination with .a bed postund a detachable ra-il, a boss on the bed post provided face, a tongue projr-rcting from said jointing face-and provided in. oppt I- site sides with crooked grooves open at one end, and a head on the rail formed \\ith a jointing face and a recess to receive said tongue and provided with projections in the recess to engage the grooves in the tongue.

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A bed stead comprising in combination with a bed'post and a detachable rail a boss on the bed post provided with a jointing lace, a tongue projecting from said jointing lace. and provided with a crooked groove open at one end, and a head on the rai jointing face and a recess to rect-aive' sii id tongue and provided with a projection in the -recess to engage the groove of the tongue, the

relation between the separable )arts of the fastening being such that the rail 'is'rendered reversible.

In testimony whereof I affix my signal ure two witnesses' LON. B, SN YDIC ll.

Witnesses D. S. GREEN,

SARA A. 'Ht-N'r.

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